Kandarakasutta

Majjhima Nikāya 51

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They give up harsh speech. They speak in a way that’s mellow, pleasing to the ear, endearing, going to the heart, polite, and likable and agreeable to the people. They give up talking nonsense. Their words are timely, true, and meaningful, in line with the teaching and training. They say things at the right time which are valuable, reasonable, succinct, and beneficial. They refrain from injuring plants and seeds. They eat in one part of the day, abstaining from eating at night and food at the wrong time. They refrain from seeing shows of dancing, singing, and music. They refrain from attiring and adorning themselves with garlands, fragrance, and makeup. They refrain from high and luxurious beds. They refrain from receiving gold and currency, raw grains, raw meat, women and girls, male and female bondservants, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, elephants, cows, horses, and mares, and fields and land. They refrain from running errands and messages; buying and selling; falsifying weights, metals, or measures; bribery, fraud, cheating, and duplicity; mutilation, murder, abduction, banditry, plunder, and violence.

heSo contentsantuṭṭho ishoti body·looking afterkāyaparihārikena with robescīvarena belly·looking afterkucchiparihārikena with almsfood.piṇḍapātena. heSo whereveryena whereveryeneva goes,pakkamati, taking only these thingssamādāyeva he sets out.pakkamati.
just asSeyyathāpi indeednāma a birdpakkhī birdsakuṇo whereveryena whereveryeneva flies,ḍeti, own·wing·burden·likesapattabhārova it flies;ḍeti;
thus·justevameva a mendicantbhikkhu contentsantuṭṭho ishoti body·looking afterkāyaparihārikena with robescīvarena belly·looking afterkucchiparihārikena with almsfood.piṇḍapātena. heSo whereveryena whereveryeneva goes,pakkamati, taking only these thingssamādāyeva he sets out.pakkamati.
heSo with thisiminā nobleariyena ethics + aggregatesīlakkhandhena endowedsamannāgato insideajjhattaṁ blameless·happinessanavajjasukhaṁ back·together·feelpaṭisaṁvedeti.

They’re content with robes to look after the body and almsfood to look after the belly. Wherever they go, they set out taking only these things. They’re like a bird: wherever it flies, wings are its only burden. In the same way, a mendicant is content with robes to look after the body and almsfood to look after the belly. Wherever they go, they set out taking only these things. When they have this spectrum of noble ethics, they experience a blameless happiness inside themselves.

heSo with the eyecakkhunā formrūpaṁ having seendisvā notna sign·graspingnimittaggāhī ishoti nor grasping the detailsnānubyañjanaggāhī.
because of whichYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ see·facultycakkhundriyaṁ un-·restrainedasaṁvutaṁ dwellingviharantaṁ covetousness·displeasureabhijjhādomanassā evilpāpakā un-·skillfulakusalā qualitiesdhammā would overcomeanvāssaveyyuṁ of thattassa for restraintsaṁvarāya towards·gopaṭipajjati, he protectsrakkhati see·facultycakkhundriyaṁ, see·facultycakkhundriye restraintsaṁvaraṁ to·goāpajjati.
with the earSotena soundsaddaṁ having heardsutvā ……pe…
with the noseghānena odorgandhaṁ having smelledghāyitvā ……pe…
with the tonguejivhāya flavorrasaṁ having tastedsāyitvā ……pe…
with the bodykāyena touchphoṭṭhabbaṁ having touchedphusitvā ……pe…
with the mindmanasā ideadhammaṁ distinctly·knowviññāya notna sign·graspingnimittaggāhī ishoti nor grasping the detailsnānubyañjanaggāhī.
because of whichYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ mind·facultymanindriyaṁ un-·restrainedasaṁvutaṁ dwellingviharantaṁ covetousness·displeasureabhijjhādomanassā evilpāpakā un-·skillfulakusalā qualitiesdhammā would overcomeanvāssaveyyuṁ of thattassa for restraintsaṁvarāya towards·gopaṭipajjati, he protectsrakkhati mind·facultymanindriyaṁ, mind·facultymanindriye restraintsaṁvaraṁ to·goāpajjati.
heSo with thisiminā nobleariyena sense·restraintindriyasaṁvarena endowedsamannāgato internallyajjhattaṁ un-·sullied·blissabyāsekasukhaṁ towards·with·feelpaṭisaṁvedeti.

When they see a sight with their eyes, they don’t get caught up in the features and details. If the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint. When they hear a sound with their ears … When they smell an odor with their nose … When they taste a flavor with their tongue … When they feel a touch with their body … When they know an idea with their mind, they don’t get caught up in the features and details. If the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint. When they have this noble sense restraint, they experience an unsullied bliss inside themselves.

heSo when going outabhikkante back·goingpaṭikkante situational awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, ahead·lookingālokite aside·lookingvilokite situational awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, when bendingsamiñjite when extendingpasārite situational awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, outer robe·bowl·robe·bearingsaṅghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇe situational awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, when eatingasite when drinkingpīte when chewingkhāyite when tastingsāyite situational awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, defecating·urinating·activityuccārapassāvakamme situational awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti, when walkinggate when standingṭhite when sittingnisinne when sleepingsutte when wakingjāgarite when speakingbhāsite silent·beingtuṇhībhāve situational awareness·actingsampajānakārī ishoti.

They act with situational awareness when going out and coming back; when looking ahead and aside; when bending and extending the limbs; when bearing the outer robe, bowl and robes; when eating, drinking, chewing, and tasting; when urinating and defecating; when walking, standing, sitting, sleeping, waking, speaking, and keeping silent.

heSo with thisiminā andca with the nobleariyena ethics·aggregatesīlakkhandhena endowedsamannāgato, with thisimāya andca with the nobleariyāya with contentmentsantuṭṭhiyā endowedsamannāgato, with thisiminā andca with the nobleariyena sense·restraintindriyasaṁvarena endowedsamannāgato, with thisiminā andca with the nobleariyena mindfulness·comprehensionsatisampajaññena endowed·gonesamannāgato
a secludedvivittaṁ lodgingsenāsanaṁ frequentsbhajati a wildernessaraññaṁ tree·rootrukkhamūlaṁ a hillpabbataṁ a ravinekandaraṁ mountain·cavegiriguhaṁ a charnel groundsusānaṁ forest·wildsvanapatthaṁ the open airabbhokāsaṁ a heap of strawpalālapuñjaṁ.

When they have this spectrum of noble ethics, this noble contentment, this noble sense restraint, and this noble mindfulness and situational awareness, they frequent a secluded lodging—a wilderness, the root of a tree, a hill, a ravine, a mountain cave, a charnel ground, a forest, the open air, a heap of straw.

heSo after·mealpacchābhattaṁ almsround·returnedpiṇḍapātapaṭikkanto down·sitsnisīdati cross-leggedpallaṅkaṁ toward·foldedābhujitvā straightujuṁ bodykāyaṁ forth·setpaṇidhāya to the presentparimukhaṁ mindfulnesssatiṁ having broughtupaṭṭhapetvā.
heSo covetousnessabhijjhaṁ in the worldloke forth·given uppahāya with a heart rid of covetousnessvigatābhijjhena with heartcetasā meditatesviharati, of covetousnessabhijjhāya mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti,
ill will·malevolencebyāpādapadosaṁ forth·given uppahāya not·ill will·mindabyāpannacitto meditatesviharati sympathetic to all living beingssabbapāṇabhūtahitānukampī, ill will·malevolencebyāpādapadosā mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti;
dullness·drowsinessthinamiddhaṁ forth·given uppahāya rid of·dullness and drowsinessvigatathinamiddho meditatesviharati light·perceivingālokasaññī mindfulsato awaresampajāno, dullness·drowsinessthinamiddhā mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti;
restlessness·remorseuddhaccakukkuccaṁ forth·given uppahāya not·restlessanuddhato meditatesviharati internallyajjhattaṁ with settled mindvūpasantacitto, restlessness·remorseuddhaccakukkuccā mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti;
doubtvicikicchaṁ forth·given uppahāya gone beyond·doubttiṇṇavicikiccho meditatesviharati not·undecidedakathaṅkathī about skillfulkusalesu qualitiesdhammesu, of doubtvicikicchāya mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti.

After the meal, they return from almsround, sit down cross-legged, set their body straight, and bring mindfulness to the present. Giving up covetousness for the world, they meditate with a heart rid of covetousness, cleansing the mind of covetousness. Giving up ill will, they meditate with a mind rid of ill will, full of sympathy for all living beings, cleansing the mind of ill will and malevolence. Giving up dullness and drowsiness, they meditate with a mind rid of dullness and drowsiness, perceiving light, mindful and aware, cleansing the mind of dullness and drowsiness. Giving up restlessness and remorse, they meditate without restlessness, their mind settled internally, cleansing the mind of restlessness and remorse. Giving up doubt, they meditate having gone beyond doubt, not undecided about skillful qualities, cleansing the mind of doubt.

heSo theseime fivepañca hindrancesnīvaraṇe forth·abandonpahāya of the mindcetaso near·defilementupakkilese of wisdompaññāya weakeningdubbalīkaraṇe,
seclude·indeedvivicceva from sensual pleasureskāmehi secludedvivicca not·skillfulakusalehi qualitiesdhammehi with·thoughtsavitakkaṁ with·examinationsavicāraṁ seclusion·bornvivekajaṁ rapture·blisspītisukhaṁ firstpaṭhamaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ near·attainupasampajja he remainsviharati;

They give up these five hindrances, corruptions of the heart that weaken wisdom. Then, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, they enter and remain in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.

placing the mind + keeping it connectedvitakkavicārānaṁ through the stillingvūpasamā with internal clarityajjhattaṁ together·claritysampasādanaṁ of mindcetaso one·stateekodibhāvaṁ without·placing the mindavitakkaṁ without·keeping it connectedavicāraṁ immersion·bornsamādhijaṁ rapture·blisspītisukhaṁ seconddutiyaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ near·together·enterupasampajja they remain;viharati;

As the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, they enter and remain in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.

of rapturepītiyā andca apart·passionvirāgā equanimousupekkhako andca apart·dwellviharati mindfulsato andca together·knowingsampajāno bliss + and·andsukhañca with the bodykāyena against·together·feelpaṭisaṁvedeti, whichyaṁ thattaṁ noble onesariyā to·tellācikkhanti: equanimous‘upekkhako mindfulsatimā bliss·dwelling·quotation marker·quotation markersukhavihārī’ti thirdtatiyaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ near·attainedupasampajja apart·dwellviharati;

And with the fading away of rapture, they enter and remain in the third absorption, where they meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.’

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